Steve Goodier Wisdom: We Are One

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about our similarity. Enjoy!

Have you ever had something like this happen to you?

My son recently told me that his vacuum cleaner broke. We had given it to him when he moved into his first apartment. “No problem,” I said.

We bought it at an electronic discount store and picked up a three-year service contract. “If we can’t fix it,” the salesperson said, “we’ll replace it.” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Mastering Your Habits

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about habits. Enjoy!

Someone accurately pointed out that “habit starts out as a thread. As new threads are added, it becomes a rope we cannot break.” We want to be careful about the habits we make, for they eventually make us. But by making strong and productive habits, we build strong and productive lives.

Here is a list of habits, drawn on research from numerous sources, that peak performance people share. They are essential to master successfully if you intend to master a successful life. Yet one does not need to be a CEO or corporate head to benefit from the research. Anybody who works to develop these traits will experience almost instantaneous results. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Make a Difference

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about making a difference. Enjoy!

Do you ever think that one person really doesn’t matter? Tabitha Brown proved that one person does matter.

It was 1846. She joined one of the wagon trains of adventurers hoping to start a life in America’s west. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Connected For Life

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about connection. Enjoy!

Do you find yourself pulling away from others, especially if you’ve experienced a crisis or deep disappointment? We need other people and we’ll never thrive as human beings in isolation.

A man who lost his wife to cancer found himself wanting to be alone. In time he dropped out of his worshipping community and curtailed all of the activities he and his wife had shared for so many years. He increasingly kept to himself. He quit socializing at work and returned straight home to an empty house. He turned down invitations from friends and co-workers. His leisure time was now spent watching television or working in his shop in the basement. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Set Your Own Agenda

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about honoring your inner voice. Enjoy!

Have you ever heard of Hank Greenberg? The year was 1934. For the first time in 25 years, the Detroit Tigers were a strong team who had an excellent chance to play in baseball’s prestigious World Series. Hank was a key player on a team that had come to rely on his superb skills at first base, and his strong batting, to win games. An important and decisive game was scheduled on Yom Kippur. Hank, the son of Romanian immigrants to the United States, announced that he would not don his uniform and play on this day, one of the most sacred of Hebrew fasts.

The city of Detroit was outraged. Citizens screamed that the Day of Atonement could be celebrated any year, but this year the Tigers may go all the way to the Series! Anti-Semitic remarks were viciously hurled, but Hank Greenberg remained resolute. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: All Used Up

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about life legacy. Enjoy!

A well-known surgeon was attending a dinner party and watched the host adroitly carve and slice the large turkey for his guests.

When he finished slicing, the host asked, “How did I do, Doc?  I think I’d make a pretty good surgeon, don’t you?” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: You’re Like a Pencil

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about life living. Enjoy!

Did you know that we are like pencils? Here’s how:

1.  Like pencils, our mistakes can be corrected. Not erased.we can’t change the past. But we can rectify it.

2.  Like pencils, painful sharpening serves to make us better. Our difficult times can actually sharpen our skills or shape us into the persons we were meant to be. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Family Resemblance

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about life connection. Enjoy!

“It’s amazing to me,” one woman said, “how so many people all around the world have the same problems, no matter where they are from. It’s like we’re one big family!”

I wonder, if we are family, is there a family resemblance? Is it simply that we are human, or are there some identifying characteristics that mark us as belonging to each other? Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Choose It!

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about life perspective. Enjoy!

Two men fell on hard times. Try as they might, they couldn’t find work. They heard that a museum was willing to pay $50 apiece for live rattlesnakes so, in desperation, they decided to catch snakes.

Outfitted with a net and basket, they hiked to a remote area renowned for its large snake population. But as they scaled a steep ledge, the rock gave way and they tumbled down the slippery bank — into a deep pit crawling with angry, hissing rattlesnakes! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Lessons From the Court

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about life lessons. Enjoy!

Life lessons can come from unexpected places.

I have learned much about myself from the game of racquetball. In fact, I have learned a great deal over the years about all aspects life and living on the racquetball court. Here are some of the more important lessons that have come from the court:

1.    People play better when they are encouraged. It’s true in          life, too. People do better when they are encouraged, rather than criticized, condemned and judged. Read more

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